Cigarette extinguisher



1952 E. N. FONTNEAU CIGARETTE EXTINGUISHER Filed June 15, 1950 BY da/ki c qL -LQ.

ATTORNEY Patented Nov. 25, 1 952 STATES PATENT OFF-ICE.

CIGARETTE EXTINGUISHER, Earle. New n lien e uth arnio it Application June 15, 1950, Serial No. 168,360

2 Claims.

This. invention relates to'a cigarette extin= guish'er.

The invention has for an object to provide a novel and improved cigarette extinguisher of simple construction which may-- be economically manufactured, and which is adapted to be conveniently attached to an ash receiver in a simple and novel, manner.

With this general objectin view, and such others as may hereinafter appeanthe invention consists in the cigarette extinguisher hereinafter described and particularly defined in the claims at the end of this specification.

In the drawings illustrating the preferred embodiment of the invention, Fig. 1 is a perspective view of the present cigarette extinguisher; Fig. 2 is a longitudinal cross-sectional view of the same; Fig. 3 is a view in side elevation, partly in cross section, showing the present extinguisher connected to an ash receiver mounted in the dashboard of an automobile; and Fig. 4 is a similar view showing the extinguisher attached to a conventional ash tray.

In general, the present invention contemplates a novel cigarette extinguisher formed of a single piece of sheet metal shaped and bent to provide wall portions defining an elongated tapering or wedge-shaped slot or socket smaller at its lower end and into which the lighted end of a cigarette is inserted, one of the wall portions being resiliently movable to compress and extinguish the cigarette in the socket in a simple and convenient manner. Provision may also be made in the present construction of extinguisher for detachably connecting the same to an ash receiver, or the extinguisher may be embodied in an ash tray to form an integral part thereof.

Referring now to the drawings, l represents the present cigarette extinguisher which may and preferably will comprise a single piece of sheet metal, such as a sheet of stainless steel, cut and bent to provide a back wall portion l2, having substantially vertical edge portions [3, forwardly extended side wall portions [4 bent at right angles to the back wall, and a resiliently movable front wall portion l6 formed integrally with and bent upwardly at an acute angle from the lower edge of the front wall to form a tapering or wedge-shaped opening or socket I8 between the front and rear walls into which the cigarette to be extinguished is inserted. The upper edge of the front wall l6 may be bent first outwardly and then downwardly and inwardly to form a substantially triangular-shaped handle or fin er p ss portion 2.0 on t e ront wall P erably curved inwardly from the tubular portion and is spaced from the back wall a sufficient distance to provide inward bending clearance so that when pressed inwardly the angular face of the front wall Will be substantially parallel to the back wall. When the front wall is again released, the clearance space permits the ash from the extinguished cigarette to fall betwen the walls into the tubular portion or pocket 22 from which the ash may escape through the open ends of the tubular portion and into an ash tray or other receiver to which the extinguisher is attached.

It is to be noted that the forwardly extended side wall portions Hi extend from the edges of the back wall past and closely adjacent the corresponding and substantially vertical edges 13 of the front wall [6 to thus close the sides of the V-shaped pocket I8 in all positions of the front wall. The angle between the front and back walls is of such size that the side walls M will at all times overlap the substantially vertical portion of the corresponding vertical edges [3 of the front wall.

In one embodiment of the invention, as illustrated in Figs. 1 and 2, the extinguisher may be provided with a clip portion 24 formed by bending the upper portion of the back wall outwardly and downwardly, as shown, for detachably connecting the extinguisher over the edge of a wall of an ash tray or other receptacle, such as illustrated in Fig. 3, wherein the extinguisher H] is detachably connected or clipped to the front wall 25 of an automobile dashboard ash receiver 28. In another embodiment of the invention, as illustrated in Fig. 4, the clip portion 24 may be eliminated and the back wall l2 of the extinguisher may be spot welded or otherwise secured to a wall of a conventional ash tray 30.

From the above description it will be observed that the present structure of cigarette extinguisher provides a tapering or wedge-shaped socket into which the cigarette is inserted, one wall of the extinguisher being resiliently movable to effect pinching or snuifing out of the cigarette. It will also be observed that the present extinguisher may be attached to a wall of an ash receiver to form an integral part thereof or may be detachable clipped to a wall of an ash receiver.

While the preferred embodiment of the invention has been herein illustrated and described, it will be understood that the invention may be embodied in other forms within the scope of the following claims.

Having thus described the invention, what is claimed is:

1. A cigarette extinguisher comprising a, sheet metal member having bends providing: a back wall, a spring loop integral with said back wall at one end thereof, a front wall integral with said loop and overlying said back wall to normally form therewith an open-bottomed generally V-shaped pocket above and in open communication with the inside of said spring loop, said front wall being resiliently moveable toward said back wall, side walls extending from the edges of said back wall past and closely adjacent corresponding edges of said front wall to close the sides of said pocket in all positions of said front wall, a portion of said spring-loop defining an opening leading directly from the interior of said spring loop to the exterior of said extinguisher and at all times providing a passage for 4 discharge of ashes to the exterior of said extinguisher, the angle between the front and back walls being of such a size that the side walls will at all times overlap the substantially vertical portions of the said corresponding edges of the front wall.

2. A device as defined in claim 1 wherein said spring loop is formed with open ends comprising said ash discharge passage, and wherein said side walls terminate short of said open ends whereby said ends are open at all times.

EARLE NEWTON FONTNEAU.

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